Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, accompanied by Mrs. Eshkol and a number of political advisers, will leave Israel tomorrow, and is scheduled to stop in Paris for two days, then go on to Africa for a tour of six countries on that continent. During the weekend in Paris, a spokesman for the Premier’s office said, no “definite agenda” will be followed.
During Mr. Eshkol’s absence, Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir will act as Premier as well as acting Minister of Defense. The decision to name Mr. Sapir as acting holder of those two top portfolios was made here by the Cabinet.
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